How to Enroll Your Child in Polk County Public Schools
If you are new to Polk County, please take some time to browse this website as it offers a vast amount of information. The Parents section is geared specifically towards parents and offers access to Online Grades, Bus Delays and Required Immunizations while the Schools section offers a listing of all the schools, a profile page on each school and a link to each school’s website.
The following documents are required to enroll in a Polk County school:
- A certified birth certificate
- Immunization record (transferred to a Florida blue card)
- A physical dated within one year
- Two proofs of residence
- The proofs must be from different categories, and show your name and physical address:
- Apartment or home lease agreement, mortgage document, or property tax record
- Current utility bill (electric, gas, phone, cable, water)
- Voter registration document
- Proof of government benefits (disability, Medicare, food stamps, HRS correspondence)
- No driver's license, personal bills, automobile registration, or insurance can be used.
- If you are not able to provide any TWO of the documents listed above because you live with someone else, you may use an affidavit of Residency. The affidavit must be notarized by a notary public of the State of Florida, and along with that we will need two proof of residence for the person you are staying with.
Once the necessary documents are in hand, take all of them to the school for which you are zoned. Not sure what school is in your zone? Search for Schools in Your Area here.
Please contact Pupil Accounting at 863-534-0716 if you have any questions.
How to Transfer Your Child to Another School
Parents seek to enroll their children in a school other than their "zoned" school for a variety of reasons. For example, some parents desire a school that is geographically closer to their home, work, day care (reasons of convenience). In other cases, parents may be dissatisfied with their child(ren)'s current school(s). Please note that these are not sufficient reason to grant transfer requests. The Polk County School System operates under federal guidelines and judicial rulings, and is therefore not able to grant transfer requests based on the above reasons.
The following documents are required to transfer schools:
- Request Form
- Two proofs of residence
- The proofs must be from different categories, and show your name and physical address:
- Apartment or home lease agreement, mortgage document, or property tax record
- Current utility bill (electric, gas, phone, cable, water)
- Voter registration document
- Proof of government benefits (disability, Medicare, food stamps, HRS correspondence)
- No driver's license, personal bills, automobile registration, or insurance can be used.
- Other forms that may be needed
and submitted with the above information.
Please contact Pupil Accounting at 863-534-0716 if you have any questions.
